The religions of the American Indians by Åke Hultkrantz(
Book
)24
editions published
between
1967
and
1980
in
3
languages
and held by
1,618 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
This study of the religions of American Indians covers tribal religions and religions of the American high culture

Prairie and plains Indians by Åke Hultkrantz(
)13
editions published
in
1973
in
English
and held by
1,475 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide

Shamanic healing and ritual drama : health and medicine in native North American religious traditions by Åke Hultkrantz(
Book
)11
editions published
between
1992
and
1997
in
English
and held by
744 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
In this pioneering work one of the world's leading experts on Native American traditions offers a detailed survey of Native
American practices and beliefs regarding health, medicine, and religion. In contrast to the sharp Euro-American division between
medicine and religion, Native American medical beliefs and practices can only be assessed, says the author, in their relation
to their religious ideas. Spanning the full length and breadth of Native North American cultural

Native religions of the Americas by Åke Hultkrantz(
)9
editions published
between
1994
and
2007
in
English
and held by
209 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
North, Central, and South American Indians have a rich religious heritage, though much has been lost since these peoples were
conquered by Europeans. Characteristic features of Native American religion included the master of the animals, a protective
spirit of a species or of all animals. Shamans, ecstatic medicine men, used supernatural powers to cure the ill. Totemism
was a mysterious religious bond between the human clan and their animal guardians. There was a high god as well as many atmospheric
gods, such as gods of thunder and wind. The Earth Mother was understood to work silently, influencing all

Studies in Lapp shamanism by Louise Bäckman(
Book
)14
editions published
in
1978
in
3
languages
and held by
140 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
An analysis of Lapp shamanism based on seventeenth and eighteenth century sources